Monday, July 25, 2005

Bigger than drugs / Sunday Life, 24 Jul 2005

http://www.sundaylife.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=653902
Stephanie Bell
"PARAMILITARY godfathers and crime bosses are now making more cash from pirate DVDs than drugs. Loyalist and republican terrorists are raking in a fortune selling copies of Hollywood's latest blockbusters - often before their Northern Ireland releases. The explosion in pirate movie sales in the province is costing jobs on the ground, in the distribution and retail sectors of the industry, while fat cat gangsters are living it up on the massive illegal profits."